phyloGenerator: An automated phylogeny generation tool for ecologists

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 692-698

  Pearse, William D ^a,b   Purvis, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community phylogenetics; Comparative analysis; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny construction; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879779174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12055     Document Type: Article

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